Cloth computing and measuring machine



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CLOTH COMPUTING AND MBASURINC MACHINE. No. 580,862. Y Patented Apr. 20,1897.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

OTTO IIEOKEL, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

CLOTH COMPUTING AND IVIEASURING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 580,862, dated April20, 1897. Application led January 26, 1897. Serial No. 620,822. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may con/cern:

Be it known that I, OTTO HECKEL, of St. Louis, State of Missouri, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Wire- Oloth Computingand Measuring Machines, of which the following is a full, clear, andexact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,forming a part hereof.

My invention relates to improvements in a wire cloth computing andmeasuring4 machine; and it consists in the novel arrangement,construction, and combination of parts, as will be more fullyhereinafter described, and set forth in the claims.

The object of my invention is to construct a device in which a roll ofwire-cloth or screening or other material may be placed, and byunwinding the same from this device it measures the length desired andcalculates the number of square feet and gives the amount it will cost,according to the manipulation of the roller, which will be fullyhereinafter set forth. In this device any width of cloth or suchmaterial may be applicable, and according to the graduations upon itscomputing-roller it will designate to a fraction what the cost of thedifferent widths will be at so much per square foot. This can beinstantly read from the face of the roller and the faceplates.

This invention has proven a wonderful time-saving device, as, forinstance, in all stores the clerks are compelled to figure, first, bymeasuring the article with a rule; second, to figure out the square feetin this length, and, third, to figure out lthe cost at so much persquare foot. All of this is unnecessary when using my device, as thecalculating and measuring are done by simply withdrawing or unrollingthe material through this device. The lineal measure is designated uponthe graduated disks located at each end of the machine, and the squaremeasure and price are designated upon the computing-roller.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of my completeinvention. Fig. 2 is an end view of the same, showing a portion ofitself tilted in dotted lines. Fig.

5o 3 is a vertical sectional elevation taken on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1.Fig. 4 is a verticalsectional View of the chamber carrying the operatingmechanism, taken on the line 4 4 of Fig. 5. Fig. 5 is a verticalsectional view taken on the line 5 5 of Fig. 4. Fig. G is a front viewof a portion of my device to an enlarged scale. Fig. 7 is a face view ofa portion of the computing-roller detached from the machine, showing themethod of gradnation.

In the drawings, 1 indicates my complete invention, which consists of abase 2, made of any desired material, and to each side of said base 2 ismounted a curved casting 3. Upon the base 2, from casting to casting, ismounted a table 4, over which the material to be unwound is passed. Tothe ends 5 of the castings 3 is pivotally mounted a frame 6, which iscomposed of two chambers 7 and 8, and are held together at the top andbottom by rods 9, which may be constructed in any desirable manner. Atequal distance between the rods 9 and passing through said chambers 7and S is a shaft 10, upon which are mounted disks 1l, one on each endand an indefinite number between, according to the desire of themanufacturer. Over these disks ll is secured, in any desirable manner,asheet of Celluloid 12 or other suitable material, and upon this sheetis placed the computingscale.

Upon the shaft 10 and within the chamber Sis mounted a double gear-wheel13, provided at its one side with a double collar 14, acting as a guidefor said wheel, keeping same in its position. To each end of said shaft10 is mounted a disk 15 and 16, upon which are imprinted numbers andgraduations from 1 to 25, but any number of figures and graduations maybe imprinted thereon as desired, according to the size of said disk.Each of these graduations represents one lineal foot.

The disk 15 is in communication with the gear-wheel 13 by means offriction caused by a rubber ring 16 or other iexible material placedupon the shaft 10 between the disk 15 and shoulder 14 of the wheel. Bythis friction the shaft 10 is revolved, as the gear-wheel 13 is looselymounted thereon, and the disk 15 is secured to the shaft by a set-screw.

Beneath the double gear wheel 13 and mounted upon a shaft 17, held bythe sides of IOO the chamber 8,is a double gear-wheel18, meshing withthe gear-wheel 13, and beneath the double gear-wheel 1S and meshing withthe smaller portion thereof is a gear-wheel 19, provided with a doublecollar 20, and is loosely mounted upon a shaft 21, said shaft 21 beingalso provided at each end with a disk 22 and 23, said disks graduatedand numbered from 1 to 12,signifying inches.

Between the disk 22 and the collar 2O of the wheel 19 is also afriction-ring 24:, similar in construction and purpose to the one 16previously described.

Beneath the wheel 19 and meshing therewith is a gear-wheel 25, rmlysecured to a shaft 26, and upon said shaft is mounted a roller 27, theoperation of which will behereinafter fully set forth.

To the opposite end of the shafts 10 and 21 and between the outer casingof the chamber 7 and the disks 16 and are spiral springs 2S, which arefor the purpose of keeping the collars 14 and 20 in close operativecommunication with the disks 15 and 22.

On the chambers 7 and 8 are mounted pointers 29 and 30. Upon the pointer29 is im'- printed the word Inch and upon the pointer 30 is the wordFeet. Also upon the disks are pointers 31-and 32. These are providedwith the abbreviations of feet and inches, the pointer 31 provided with111. and the pointer 32 with Ft In the rear of the computing-roller andsecured to each chamber is a guard 33. This is for the purpose ofpreventing the material being unrolled from coming in Contact with andscratching the celluloid covering of the computing-roller.

In front of the roller and secured to the chambers are graduatedface-plates 34 and 35. The upper or plate 34 is provided withgraduations of any desirable number, and within each graduation is theword \Vidth, and each has also a number designating the widths ofmaterial being unrolled.

The plate 35 has graduations corresponding with those upon the plate34:, and within its graduations are the words Sq. feet and Sell.

The computing-rollerlhas its graduations divided to correspond with theplates. Thus the figures that come in view between the two platessignify as follows: Those appearing over the space occupied by the wordsSq. feet indicate the amount of square feet in the piece withdrawn fromthe machine, and the figures appearing over the space marked Sellindicate the cost or selling price of the piece containing the amount ofsquare feet shown.

To the curved castings 3 are mounted bars 3G, forming a support for theroll of material placed within the space 37, as shown by dotted lines inFig. 2, the lower three bars acting as rollers, allowing the roll ofmaterial to revolve thereon when being unwound.

Any desirable width of roll may be placed within the space 37, thedevice being so arranged, permitting the ends of the roll to eX- tendbeyond the ends of the device.

The operation of myinvention is as follows: Vhen the device is inoperative position upon a table or counter and it is desired to placethe roll of material within the device, the frame 6 is then raised, asshown by dotted lines in Fig. 2, the end of the cloth is brought to theouter edge of the table 4, and then the frame 6 is lowered, permittingthe roller 27 to rest upon the material, and is kept in close contacttherewith by means of the frames gravity. The disk 15 is then pulledupon, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 5, releasing the friction-rin gfrom the wheel 13, and then the disk is turned so that itsblank-mark isin line with the pointer secured to the side of the chamber. Vhen thedisk is released, the action of the spiral spring on the opposite sideof the device places the friction-ring again in operative position. Thedisk 22 is also manipulated in like manner as the one just mentioned.When the cloth is being pulled from the machine, it operates the roller27, which turns the gear-wheel 25, this wheel turning the gear-wheel 19,which revolves the shaft 21 and disk 22, which indicates inches, thiswheel meshing with a wheel 18, which is in communication with a wheel13, which operates the computing-roller and disk 15, indicating feet.The gearing is so constructed that by the revolving of the roller 27 thedisk 22 revolves, each round indicating-one foot, while the disk 15revolves but from one mark to the other, each mark indicating one foot.Thus the disk 22 is revolved twenty-five times to once of the disk 15,this giving the lineal measure. The square feet and selling-price arefound upon the computing-roller, as before clearly mentioned.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

1. An improved wire-cloth computing and measuring machine, composed of aseries of rollers mounted upon curved castings, a table placed upon thehorizontal portion of said castings, a frame pivotally mounted to saidcastings, said frame having two chambers, a series of gearing carriedinone of said chambers, a roller adapted to come in contact with the clothand be revolved by said cloth when pulling it from the machine, saidroller operating the gearing, a computing -roller and disks operatedbysaid gearing for the purpose of designating the lineal measure, squarefeet and selling-price, substantially as shown and described.

2. An improved wire-cloth computing and measuring machine composed of abase, two curved castings secured to said base, rollers and bars securedto said castings, a frame pivotally secured to said castings forming achamber between the rollers, bars, and frame, for the insertion of aroll of cloth, said frame composed of two chambers forming the sides IOOIIO

of said frame, said chambers held together by rods, a computing-rollercarried by said chambers, an operating-roller forming the bottom of saidframe, said roller operating gear-Wheels, said gearing located in one ofsaid chambers, the computing-roller operated by said gearing, disksoperated by said gearing, friction-rings placed between said disks andgear-wheel, a spiral spring placed upon said shaft keeping the Wheel anddisk in contact With the friction-,ring for the purpose of operating thecomputing-roller substantially as set forth.

3. An improved Wire-cloth computing and measuring machine composed of aframe pivotally mounted to two curved castings, said castings secured toa base, atable placed upon said base, a roller placed at the bottom ofsaid frame, and resting upon said table said roller operatinggear-Wheels, said gear-Wheels operating disks and a computing-roller,said disks and computing-roller carried by said frame, face-platessecured to said chambers of the frame, said plates bearing graduations,a guard placed behind the computing-roller and secured to said chambersto prevent the Wire-cloth from coming in contact with and scratching thesaid roller, rollers and bars placed between the curved castings forholding the roll of cloth, said computing-roller, disks, andface-plates, used for the purpose of designating the lineal measure,square feet and selling-price instantaneously, substantially as setforth.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in the presence of twoWitnesses.

GTTO HEOKEL Witnesses:

HENRY C. SATTLER, ALFRED A. EIoKs.

